Leviticus 21:7
A woman that is unchaste or dishonoured, shall they not take, And a woman divorced from her husband, shall they not take,—For holy, he is unto his God.
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Leviticus 21:8Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near,—Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am I—Yahweh, who am making you holy.
Deuteronomy 24:1When a man taketh a woman, and marrieth her, then shall it be, if she find not favour in his eyes, because he hath found in her some matter of shame, that he shall write her a scroll of divorcement, and put it into her hand, and shall send her forth, out of his house.
Isaiah 50:1Thus, saith Yahweh—Where then is the scroll of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.
1 Timothy 3:11Wives, in the same way,—dignified, not given to intrigue, sober, faithful in all things.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:2-10
Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →